Here are some quotes which might be of interest.  They show that  hypnotists
from 1853 to 2006 have consistently bemoaned the legacy of Mesmerism  and the
fact that misconceptions derived from animal magnetism are bound up with  the
popular portrayal of hypnotism.  I suspect that the majority of
hypnotherapists today are still guilty of confusing hypnotism with its opposite 
and
arch-enemy Mesmerism.  Braid, the man who coined the word "hypnotism", 
dedicated
his career to opposing the theories of mesmerism and is crystal clear  that he
sees this as nothing to do with his "psycho-physiological" method of
"hypnotism." - DR



Go into any large bookshop nowadays and you will most  likely find that their
shelves are liberally stocked with books about hypnosis,  and its numerous
applications.  Pick  out any such book at random, open it anywhere and look
anywhere on the  page.  The chances are that what you  are reading is plainly
wrong, is misleading, is questionable, has little  support, or requires
significant qualification for it to be accepted as a valid  statement.  (Heap,
‘
Hypnosis: the  modern perspective’, 2006)



Very few topics in the  whole history of mankind can have given rise to so
many absurdities,  misunderstandings, and misconceptions.  From the very
beginning the study of hypnosis has been tied up with  fantastic conceptions
like
animal magnetism, the influence of the stars, and  similar tarradiddle.  Even
nowadays,  popular conceptions of hypnosis are extremely confused, and
journalistic reports  in newspapers have done but little to clarify the issues
involved.
  [...]
The terms  ‘mesmerise’ and ‘hypnotise’ have become quite synonymous, and
most people think  of Mesmer as the father of hypnosis, or at least as its
discoverer and first  conscious exponent.  Oddly enough, the truth appears to be
that while  hypnotic phenomena had been known for many thousands of years,
Mesmer did not,  in fact, hypnotise his subjects at all. […] It is something
of a
mystery why  popular belief should have firmly credited him with a discovery
which in fact  was made by others.
– Hans  Eysenck, Sense & Nonsense in  Psychology (1957)


I beg farther to remark, if my theory and  pretensions, as to the nature,
cause, and extent of the phenomena of nervous  sleep [hypnotism] have none of
the
fascinations of the transcendental to  captivate the lovers of the
marvellous, the credulous and enthusiastic, which  the pretensions and alleged
occult
agency of the mesmerists have, still I hope  my views will not be the less
acceptable to honest and sober-minded men, because  they are all level to our
comprehension, and reconcilable with well-known  physiological and psychological
principles.  (Braid, 1853:  36)



Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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Here are some notes on a  seminal study that preceded the Hilgard & Banyai
experiment someone was  asking about.  This research has been substantiated by a
range of different  studies going back to James Braid's original work on
hypnosis, which all  converge on the same finding: that hypnosis does not
require
any form of  relaxation or sleep-like state. -DR
In 1964, two researchers  called Ludwig & Lyle published a more sophisticated
study of waking  hypnosis.  They designed a “tension  induction” used to
bring about a hyper-alert state of mind, intended to be the  opposite of relaxed
or sleepy hypnosis.
Though many previous hypnotists had observed the fact that similar  responses
could be created through waking suggestion, they still advocated the  use of
inductions which refer to feeling sleepy, etc.
As a result of this  procedural bias relating to induction techniques,
investigators and  practitioners of hypnosis have overlooked a wealth of
knowledge
already  accumulated concerning the “natural” induction of trances.  In most
instances, the trance states  occurring outside of experimental and therapeutic
settings have been produced by  manoeuvres designed to increase tension,
alertness, emotional excitement, and  physical activity rather than relaxation
or
sleeplike mental states.  (Ludwig & Lyle, 1964:  70)
Trance states in primitive  shamanistic rituals and other contexts, that is,
are typically cataleptic or  energetic in nature rather than sleepy and
relaxed.  The authors fail to mention that  Mesmeric crises were originally
seizures
resembling the convulsive states found  in tribal rituals.  The method of
inducing sleepy feelings and relaxation was an innovation made by the Marquis de
  Puysequer in an attempt to pacify his clients and make them more sedate and
easier to work with.
Ludwig and Lyle reported the results of a small experimental study using
nine subjects who they subjected to their new tension induction as well as to
waking hypnosis and traditional relaxation hypnosis comparisons.  The tension
induction was specifically  designed to generate states contrary to most of
those normally associated with  traditional hypnotic trance,
All of the induction  procedures were designed to increase tension,
alertness, sensory and motor  stimulation, ideational activity, hostility, and
to
diminish comfort, focused  attention, and concentration.  (Ludwig & Lyle, 1964:
71)
Specifically, a variety of  tension induction techniques were used which
involved,
1.       Walking rapidly while  suggestions of muscular rigidity and
immobility were  given.
2.       Spinning around while  subjects sweep the room with their eyes,
accompanied by suggestions of  dizziness.
3.       Knee-bending rapidly as many  times as possibly with suggestions of
increasing tension.
4.       Rotating the head while  seated with suggestions that the neck is
becoming rigid.
5.       Rapidly attending to various  parts of the body in turn while
suggestions are given to tense  them.
Throughout all of these  methods the client was bombarded with rapid-fire
suggestions of increased  tension, discomfort, alertness, etc.  Subjects were to
experience rapidly altering emotions and thoughts  flashing through their
minds.  This  lasted 5-25 minutes all subjects entered what was described as a
“
trance  state.”  This state was distinctly  unpleasant and accompanied by more
spontaneous activity than traditional  hypnosis.  Seven out of the nine
subjects actually broke down in tears, one refused to continue with further
experiments.  Subjects exhibited  sweating, tension, anxiety, shaking, muscular
writhing and spasms, and  hyper-ventilation.
Subjects were tested with eleven graded suggestion tests, both physical  and
cognitive, similar to those typically used in susceptibility scales like the
Stanford Scale.  Both the  traditional hypnotic induction and the tension
induction achieved equally high  rates of response to suggestion tests; both
were
superior to waking suggestion controls by a degree typically found  in other
experiments.  Statistical  tests were conducted which found that responses in
the tension induction and  hypnotic induction were not significantly different
from each other, but that  both were significantly different from the waking
suggestion  test.
Tension Induction: 89% of tests passed by  subjects.
Traditional Hypnosis:  82%         "
Waking Suggestion:  69%          "
These findings led the researchers to conclude that  experimental evidence
had decisively shown that, as Wells had earlier proposed,  hypnosis did not
require anything resembling sleep or  relaxation.
Moreover, since our suggestions were designed to produce  clinical states
opposite to relaxation and sleep, we hope that our findings will  dispel any
remnants of the belief that the peculiar properties of the trance  phenomena
have
anything to do with drowsiness or sleep.  (Ludwig & Lyle, 1964:  74)
It  was notable, as with Wells’ students, that subjects would pass relatively
easily  from one state to the other, suggesting that common factors were
present between  conditions which accounted for responses to a higher degree
than
either tension  or relaxation.  It should also be  observed that focused
attention, posited by Braid as a common feature, was not  present in the tension
experiment where subjects reported thoughts rapidly going  through their mind.
Positive  emotions were also disrupted by anxiety and other negative emotions.
  Although most subjects responded to both  tension and traditional hypnotic
conditions, they generally expressed a  preference for one state or the other.

Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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>  Obesity 'triggers' disease fears
>  The Evolution and Human Behaviour study suggests this is part of a
>  deep-seated behavioural reponse designed to help detect and avoid those with
>  infections.

A view from my experiences of Alexander Technique and yoga and zen etc......

Most people in 'civilisation' suffer from over-excited nervous systems
including over-excited fear reflexes. This results in lack of proper
release from trauma which results in psychological (and postural)
'distortion'. This includes living in constant low grade 'fear'
(anxiety) and also excessive fear reactions. So a fear reaction to a
fat person can be just a symptom of the modern distorted anxious
fearful mind.

It makes some sense - we do recoil from injury and defomity and
unusualness. But a well adjusted person would recoil, realise there
was no threat and return to 'rest' state and treat a fat person
decently. It is the excessive strength of the reaction and failure to
'release' from it that is the real problem.

Western scientists fail to see this psycho-physical mal-adjustment and
don't realise people can be trained to recover to 'proper' operating
conditions.

It's like mechanics trying to out faster wheels on cars when they
badly need an engine tune-up. Not looking at the problem from an angle
where an effective solution can be seen from.

Buddhists etc use meditation to fix themselves up - once their minds
are not riddled with these horrible negative  over-reactions they
relate to people more sensibly. ie. realise that a fat person can be
trreated like any other or may be worthy of compassion as they may
have some problems associated with their fatness.
TO be a bit silly - we who have reduced our over-reactions look upon
those who haven't with a similar compassion as we look at fat people.
Both being people who suffer from potentially fixable psycho-physical
problems but can't find their fix.

Keith.

Obesity 'triggers' disease fears

_BBC NEWS | Health |  Obesity 'triggers' disease fears_
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6921882.stm)
Discrimination against fat people might not be all the fault of  bullies,
international scientists say.
They found, for some people, the sight of obesity sparked strong subconscious
  reactions, such as disgust.
The Evolution and Human Behaviour study suggests this is part of a
deep-seated behavioural reponse designed to help detect and avoid those with
infections.
But experts said there was no excuse for pre-meditated prejudice against
obese people.

Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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--- In hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com, "soundboarduk"
<matt@...> wrote:
> Donald, I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of
the study you kindly shared with us at the NCH conference.

Sure.  This study is undoubtedly one of the most influential in
modern hypnotherapy research and is frequently cited, or taken for
granted, by modern theorists.  It's seldom referred to by
hypnotherapists who work in private practice though, or in popular
books on hypnotism.  I've cut and pasted the abstract and references
below...

Title
'A comparison of active-alert hypnotic induction with traditional
relaxation induction.'

Abstract
Describes the testing of an active-alert induction procedure which
sufficiently controlled conditions to permit a comparison between the
alterations produced by that procedure and those produced by the
traditional relaxation induction technique. Ss were 50 university
students. In the active-alert induction the S rode a bicycle
ergometer under load, keeping eyes open while exercising and
receiving suggestions of alertness. The alternate form, used in
random alternation with the same Ss, consisted of the standard eye-
fixation and relaxation induction of the Stanford Hypnotic
Susceptibility Scale, Form B (SHSS-B). Within each session on 2 days
during which each S served, the induction procedure was followed by 8
tests of responses to suggestion, from the SHSS-A and SHSS-B. The
mean measured hypnotic responsiveness was independent of the type of
induction. The active-alert condition was characterized by an
acceleration of the rate of pedaling for the more responsive Ss.
Although the subjective alterations differed between the 2 kinds of
induction, the highly susceptible reported that in both cases altered
states were achieved. (23 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007
APA, all rights reserved)

Authors
Banyai, Eva I.; Hilgard, Ernest R.

Affiliations
Banyai, Eva I.: Stanford U

Source
Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1976 Apr Vol 85(2) 218-224

> You mentioned a study done by researchers who had installed certain
> suggestions of catalepsy and other phenomena whilst the subject was
> active and riding an exercise bike.

These were a sub-set of the standard suggestion tests used in
hypnotic susceptibility tests since the 1930s and derived from the
scripted version in the Stanford Scale.

> I would be interested to read the paper and wonder what other
studies it has been compared to. I am sure that others may be
interested to read this too.

There are a broad range of similar research studies, dating back to
the early part of the 20th century.  Hilgard probably references some
in the article.  I also mentioned that James Braid talks about a
strikingly similar phenomenon in the first book on hypnotism,
Neurypnology (1843).  Braid himself subsequently abandoned the
term "hypnotism" and the notion that hypnosis was necessarily
accompanied by a sleep-like trance.  He was very explicit in claiming
that hypnotic phenomena also occured in cataleptic states and in
normal "waking" states.

Actually, it's not surprising to find this in Victorian hypnotism as
Mesmer himself had never induced relaxation or sleepy feelings in his
subjects.  Many animal magnetists induced convulsive or cataleptic
seizures and that was how "hypnosis" was often popularly viewed.

It seems that it was mainly in the first part of the 20th century
that "hypnotherapists" began to assume that hypnosis was a sleepy or
relaxed state.  Research studies, especially those conducted
by "nonstate" theorists, continually undermined this assumption
though.  Ericksonian hypnosis also presents a challenge to it, as
Erickson defined hypnosis, following Braid, as a state of "focused
attention" and frequently made use of non-relaxed states.



Yours Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (RSPH)

HypnoSynthesis�
The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
www.UKhypnosis.com
Freephone (UK) 0800 195 9809
HypnoSynthesis, Suite 127, 17 Piries Place, Horsham, RH12 1BF

HypnoSynthesis� is the registered trademark and trading name of The
UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
Registered in England as Company No. 05499462, UK Register of
Learning Providers No.10008042

Donald, I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of the
study you kindly shared with us at the NCH conference.

You mentioned a study done by researchers who had installed certain
suggestions of catalepsy and other phenomena whilst the subject was
active and riding an exercise bike.

I would be interested to read the paper and wonder what other studies
it has been compared to. I am sure that others may be interested to
read this too.

Regards
Matt McGill


www.soundboarduk.com
Transforming Emotional Technology
Harmonix Systems Ltd

Member of the NCH
NLP M.Prac & Cognitive Hypnotherapist

Hi Michael, Hope this finds you, I am still finding my feet with
understanding forums and never know what I am supposed to send to which
address. What a great place to share ideas though.

To answer your question, I would just ask them as Steve mentions below. The
way I would work with a client is to get them to fit the music on first by
letting them choose the track that elicits a desired state for them. If I
was to just presume a certain commercial track would make them feel
something I would be running a danger of exactly what you suggest happening.

Audio anchors seem very similar to olfactory sense anchors in that the mind
cannot fail to find meaning or associations with a piece of music if it
formed an integral part of the significant experience at the time. Therefore
if I asked a client to think of a piece of music that made them in a
resourceful state, chances are they would play that in their heads
immediately and calibrate whether this conflicted with a time or period in
their life that was not resourceful. I am not sure whether you find the same
thing, but when I think back on my life there are certain key moments that
are tied to music.
There was 'The Levellers' and the underage nights jumping like lunatics at
the Fleece and Firkin. I get a strong emotional (Positive) reaction to the
music we used at our wedding (And I don't even know the name of it!). There
are others though such as the theme tunes to TV programmes - does anyone get
a reaction to the Dr Who theme tune? Or other programmes that might have
scared or made an impression.

I guess what I am saying is that you can probably be sure that a piece of
music can be 'authenticated' by a person pretty quickly and a more suitable
piece used.

You might want to consider carefully how you use music, as if you are doing
timeline therapy you are opening the concept up to anchoring any music you
are playing with those memories as they are replayed in the mind. You might
suppose that even if a piece of music didn't form part of the initial
experience, you could soon make it so by playing it as the person associates
into a previous memory. I would therefore recommend using more anodine, or
featureless music that they are unlikely to have listened to. I don't think
I would fancy someone confusing my feelings over my latest James Blunt album
;-)

Imagine if you could indicate at another level or emphasis the differences
over an event that you have lead them to by subtly shifting the music to a
faster or even more relaxed pace, by changing the melody or tone of the tune
as you asked them to see how this might affect their decisions in the
future?
Reinforcing the effect of a change and also ensuring that any music played
to access the problem state, is not anchored or brought with them into a
resourceful new future state.

Just my thoughts, let me know what you think.

Regards
Matt McGill


www.soundboarduk.com
Transforming Emotional Technology
Harmonix Systems Ltd

Member of the NCH
NLP M.Prac & Cognitive Hypnotherapist


-----Original Message-----
From: notify@yahoogroups.com [mailto:notify@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Michael
Sent: 30 July 2007 22:47
To: soundboarduk
Subject: Re: hypnotherapy music

Matt, what if the music they chose then caused then to regress to a memory
of a broken heart for example! then what happens? The state you were after
has vanished, and you have a very different session on your hands now!
Just my thoughts

Michael Govers

--- In hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com, "soundboarduk"
<matt@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I am new to the forum and so bear with me if I am raising an old
> topic, but I was interested by the thread and hope you can indulge
me.
> I would agree with you Steve, by asking the client about which music
> they are emotionally attached to can make all the difference.
>
> People use music in many different ways, some to relax and some to
> energise. I will often ask clients to tell me of a piece of music
that
>  makes them feel X, (Or whatever resourceful state they would wish
to
> be anchored in). By using their model of music you automatically
evoke
>  powerful states that can be anchored to future paced suggestions
and
> outcomes.
>
> Checking ecologically with your client that the music you are using
is
> suitable for the client could be key, otherwise as suggested it
might
> do nothing but get in the way. Hopefully the clients music will not
> clash with or disturb the therapists working state.
>
> Having said that, wouldn't people who understand music at a deep
> level, either by performing, writing or sometimes just appreciating
> it,  be the very people who can ascribe the strongest of emotive
> feelings to the right kind of music.
>
> If you found a key to a client that could cause immediate and
powerful
> changes in their state, don't you think you would want to use that
too?
>
> Regards
> Matt McGill
>
> www.soundboarduk.com
> Transforming Emotional Technology
> Harmonix Systems Ltd
>
> Member of the NCH
> NLP M.Prac & Cognitive Hypnotherapist
>
>
> --- In hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com, "Steve G. Jones,
> Clinical Hypnotherapist" <Steve@> wrote:
> >
> > You can just ask them beforehand if they are afraid of that.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Steve G. Jones
> > Clinical Hypnotherapist, M.Ed. (Candidate)
> > http://www.SteveGJones.com
> > 912.897.9799
> >
> > Board of Directors Member: American Lung Association (Los Angeles
> Chapter)
> > Member: American Board of Hypnotherapy
> > Member: National Guild of Hypnotists
> > Founder: American Alliance of Hypnotists
> > ********************************************
> >
> >
> >
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> Gillian Scully
> >   Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:30 AM
> >   To: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
> >   Subject: [UKhypno] Re: hypnotherapy music
> >
> >
> >   Music with hypnosis? I prefer none: because what if you are
using
> > something
> >   with a 'sea background' and they have a fear of water or
seagulls
> and they
> >   have a fear of birds. I think keep it simple KISS!
> >
> >   Best Wishes
> >
> >   Gilli
> >
> >   "Solutions for Stress & Anxiety using techniques that are
painless
> & drug
> >   free" Call me NOW!'
> >
> >   Gillian Scully GQHP, NLP (Master), TFTdx
> >
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> >
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Paul:

         What would it be like if you were to suppose that the people at
the center, were first, intelligent and second, already in trance? I
wonder if you would be able to speak, using intentionally effective
language, as though you had magnificent rapport and they were at the most
effective level for their personal state.

         "Challenged" often means the person who gave the label was unable
to relate. Seldom does it mean the individual cannot relate.

         Treat them with the same respect and care that you would any
other person and listen to their language. Language of course including
all systems of expression.


In peace,
Daniel F. Cleary
Hypnosis for Health Learning Center & Hurricane Hypnosis
P.O. Box 14784,  North Palm Beach, FL 33408,  (561)313-1844
http://danclearyhypnosis.com, www.transformationallstars.com

Hi, I am new to the forum and so bear with me if I am raising an old
topic, but I was interested by the thread and hope you can indulge me.
I would agree with you Steve, by asking the client about which music
they are emotionally attached to can make all the difference.

People use music in many different ways, some to relax and some to
energise. I will often ask clients to tell me of a piece of music that
  makes them feel X, (Or whatever resourceful state they would wish to
be anchored in). By using their model of music you automatically evoke
  powerful states that can be anchored to future paced suggestions and
outcomes.

Checking ecologically with your client that the music you are using is
suitable for the client could be key, otherwise as suggested it might
do nothing but get in the way. Hopefully the clients music will not
clash with or disturb the therapists working state.

Having said that, wouldn't people who understand music at a deep
level, either by performing, writing or sometimes just appreciating
it,  be the very people who can ascribe the strongest of emotive
feelings to the right kind of music.

If you found a key to a client that could cause immediate and powerful
changes in their state, don't you think you would want to use that too?

Regards
Matt McGill

www.soundboarduk.com
Transforming Emotional Technology
Harmonix Systems Ltd

Member of the NCH
NLP M.Prac & Cognitive Hypnotherapist


--- In hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com, "Steve G. Jones,
Clinical Hypnotherapist" <Steve@...> wrote:
>
> You can just ask them beforehand if they are afraid of
> that.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Steve G. Jones
> Clinical Hypnotherapist, M.Ed. (Candidate)
> http://www.SteveGJones.com
> 912.897.9799
>
> Board of Directors Member: American Lung Association (Los Angeles
Chapter)
> Member: American Board of Hypnotherapy
> Member: National Guild of Hypnotists
> Founder: American Alliance of Hypnotists
> ********************************************
>
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
Gillian Scully
>   Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:30 AM
>   To: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [UKhypno] Re: hypnotherapy music
>
>
>   Music with hypnosis? I prefer none: because what if you are using
> something
>   with a 'sea background' and they have a fear of water or seagulls
and they
>   have a fear of birds. I think keep it simple KISS!
>
>   Best Wishes
>
>   Gilli
>
>   "Solutions for Stress & Anxiety using techniques that are painless
& drug
>   free" Call me NOW!'
>
>   Gillian Scully GQHP, NLP (Master), TFTdx
>
>   thoughtfields
>
>   242 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9JG
>
>   Freephone: 0800-731-8316 (Clients Only)
>
>   Mobile No: +4477069-12277
>
>   Website: www.thoughtfields.co.uk
>
>   Email: gillian@...
>
>   Accredited Trainer in TFT
>
>   NHS Provider No: 8WG01
>
>   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
>
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On 27/07/07, HypnoSynthesisUK@... <HypnoSynthesisUK@...> wrote:
> ... Most were adequate speakers who were inhibited by anxiety
> and self-consciousness and lacked basic self-regulation and mental
> rehearsal skills......

> ... your analogy with driving is
> misleading because people cannot naturally drive so confidence
> building alone would be useless, whereas (virtually) everyone can
> speak to some extent already.
I certainly agree with this. I'm not sure how my way of looking at
these things matches a hypnotherpy view.
There are a huge range of skills that are innate like those for
communication and self-expression. These things get hidden or
interfered with by the hang-ups/neuroses/fears we accumulate through
life.
Our current 'scientific' mentality tends to look for solutions that
impart something new when for many things the removal of interference
in natural functioning is a more effective approach. This is the
'discovery' of FM Alexander (of the Alexander Technique) and is
implicit in a lot of hypnotherapy theory I think - it uses a lot of
positive action too. His discoveries resulted from his study of his
own performance anxiety but apply to all human re-action.
In my yoga training we are taught that our subconcious is full of
garbage that needs to be emptied out - not by reasoning with it or
learning to live with but just by general physiological clearing
techniques. Also (and related) we acquire harmful habits - restricted
neural pathways and inappropriate responses to triggers - usually
where no response at all is the better choice. For public speaking the
trigger is fear of being exposed in public (this is a result of our
over-excited nervous systems and over-active fear reflexes making us
afraid of all sorts of things that aren't really a threat at all). In
this view shyness is not a psychological condition to be reasoned with
but simply a mal-function of reflexes/reactions. Any bad habits
learned on top of this mal-functioning wither away if the faulty
responses are inhibited.
Techniques to lessen the power of this response can the keep the
person in their natural optimum operating condition where their
existing ability can be used best. If they need tuition as well then
that will help too - but tutoring somebody who tenses up when doing it
in public is not enough on it's own. Tutoring can increase someones
confidence to a degree but nothing like to the degree teaching them
the skills of non-reaction (as the buddhists call it),
It seems the majority of people will not believe that the manner of
their reactions to stimuli can be changed to great effect. Unlearning
old bad habits is too 'spooky' for them. Trying to learn something new
is less threatening but so often it's far less effective.
Keith.

Hey My Wonderful Friends and Family!

I did my best to tittle the topic, oh well you are understanding and
definately my family, so you will correct me if you see it
appropriate.
I am contemplating a new job venture while I study.
there is an opening at an Adult Training Centre, that needs an
assistant for helping the Occupational Therapist....well the hours
are wonderful and this gives me more time to study.....the adults
here are physically and mentally challenged...and this questions me
on "how would I help?" besides assisting the therapist....hypnosis is
a "no no" in this society and I am confident as to the ability of our
wonderful skills and trainings.
using hypnosis.....how would you incorporate help for these
individuals....would hypnosis be of any help? or are they the right
candidates for hypnosis? I am aware that their subconscious mind
being the silent operator behind the scenes....and it is just the
slowly developing of the conscious mind or their brain........
can hypnosis speed up their learning ability......would i communicate
directly with their SCM.....would this require absolute focus....I
would suppose not. i suspect their creative mind is easily
accessed........like children,when given the suggestion to imagine
their favourite pastime or game, or playing with a toy.
would a therapist need to be trained a the "multi-faceted" techniques
in helping with this situation?

Please share you rewarding view, on this rather intersting topic, for
this may be the road I should take......and your comments and
education may guide me down the path to very helpful career.

thank you,

Paul Challenger MASC(Relax)
p_challenger@...

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--- In hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com,  "Ian Price - BTD"
<ian@...> wrote:
> In the posting on the Token  Economy proposal, reference was made to
> hypnosis sessions achieving  various things such as improving public
> speaking skills.

Ian,

I did not suggest that hypnosis could itself completely  replace all training
in
public speaking skills.  I do believe that  hypnotherapy can help the
majority of people who experience difficulty with  public speaking.
Those are two different things.

As a  specialist in this area, I have worked with hundreds of
businessmen over the  years to help them become more confident
speakers.  Most were adequate  speakers who were inhibited by anxiety
and self-consciousness and lacked  basic self-regulation and mental
rehearsal skills.  They benefitted  from relatively standard
hypnotherapy without the need for specific coaching  in public
speaking.

I suggested that hypnotherapists might  seek hypnosis to "improve
public speaking ability."  I'm certain the  majority of
hypnotherapists would agree that learning ego-strengthening,  mental
rehearsal, and affect management techniques is of considerable
benefit in this area with or without specific skills training in
public  speaking.  There is good research supporting the view
that hypnotherapy  and similar techniques can help public speaking in
this way. Of course,  skills training can help people in other ways,
and the two things are  sometimes combined.

In my experience, most of my clients can speak  adequately but suffer
from normal performance anxiety, the alleviation of  which can
greatly "improve their ability" to speak to an audience.

Indeed, like many other therapists, I used hypnotherapy myself for
this purpose and went from being an extremely shy, introverted
teenager  to a reasonably successful (I think) conference speaker and
trainer.  I  still have a copy of a college report that says, aged 17,
I was too  introverted to work with others and "spoke in
monosyllables."   Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis helped me turn that
around early on in life  and for most of my career I have been
speaking for a living, in a wide  variety of contexts -with clients
ranging from Shell to Tower Hamlets  College!

Hypnotherapy is commonly used in this way to help people  become
disinhibited when speaking and to develop and refine very basic
speaking skills through mental rehearsal.  That's well within the
core sphere of competence of most hypnotherapists, as I think you
acknowledge.

I'm sure others would have taken me to mean things like  confidence-
building in hypnosis, and I'm a bit surprised if you interpreted  my
email differently.  I certainly think the analogy with success  claims
for smoking is out of place, and your analogy with driving is
misleading because people cannot naturally drive so confidence
building  alone would be useless, whereas (virtually) everyone can
speak to some  extent already.

Best,

Don






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In the posting on the Token Economy proposal, reference was made to
hypnosis sessions achieving various things such as improving public
speaking skills. I note this is often cited as something that can be
achieved under hypnosis, and indeed there are specific adverts that
claim to do this.  Lets try an analogy.  Can hypnosis teach you to
drive?  The answer is of course not.  A driving instructor teaches you
to drive, and hypnosis may help you to have the confidence to make use
of the lessons, and to put into practice the skills of those lessons.
So it is with public speaking.  I do teach public speaking skills, and
hypnosis can help people to use the skills, it does not provide the core
skills.  It is time to stop suggesting in general or to clients that
hypnosis can replace tuition in subjects.  Like the 100% stop smoking
claims.... it is inappropriate and damages credibility.

Ian

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The BBC news article on scout movement founder Robert Baden-Powell contains
evidence that he pre-empted modern concerns over the dangers of smoking, and did
so in very forthright language...

The 1908 edition of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys contains the
following remarks on smoking,

"No boy ever began smoking because he liked it but because he thought it made
him look like a grown-up man. ?As a matter of fact it generally makes him look a
little ass."
?

"When a lad smokes before he is fully grown up it is almost sure to make his
heart feeble, and the heart is the most important organ in a lad's body."

Smoking wasn't widely condemned as a health risk until the mid-1960s.? A man
half-a-century ahead of his time?

Best,

Don

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Hello Barney and all,



I once had a client who had dyslexia, as well as insomnia and he was also an
agnostic. He used to stay up all night wondering if there really was a dog.
:-)



Sorry, I just could not resist;-)



Anyway, dyslexia is a very misunderstood complaint. Many think that
sufferers cannot read or write properly - but this is only a part of it.
There are many people out there who have some form of dyslexia and may be
unaware of it. Many people are thought of as being stupid, because they are
incapable of understanding the simplest of instruction - written or verbal,
when they could be suffering from dyslexia. There are some simple tests
available to identify these people - I have a CD somewhere.  In Nottingham,
alone, there are 100,000 people who are believed to be suffering from
dyslexia to some degree.



All the Best



Mel





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From: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Barney F.
Howell
Sent: 27 July 2007 05:24
To: 'Ron Hubbard'; hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [UKhypno] Bass-Ackwards?



Milton H. Erickson had it and did it! (Short answer is yes)

Barney F. Howell, C.Ht.
Atwood Institute for Research & Education, Inc.
501 E. Plaza Circle Drive, Ste 4
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
(623)-853-9516 / 1-800-642-9339
www.atwoodinstitute.org <http://www.atwoodin
<http://www.atwoodinstitute.org/> stitute.org/>


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From: hypnosis-hypnothera
<mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK%40yahoogroups.com> py-UK@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:hypnosis-hypnothera
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On Behalf Of Ron Hubbard
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:44 PM
To: hypnosis-hypnothera <mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK%40yahoogroups.com>
py-UK@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [UKhypno] Bass-Ackwards?

Hi, All;

Does anyone know if hypnosis can help wih, or cure, dyslexia?

Ron

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Milton H. Erickson had it and did it!  (Short answer is yes)

Barney F. Howell, C.Ht.
Atwood Institute for Research & Education, Inc.
501 E. Plaza Circle Drive, Ste 4
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
(623)-853-9516 / 1-800-642-9339
www.atwoodinstitute.org <http://www.atwoodinstitute.org/>


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From: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Hubbard
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:44 PM
To: hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [UKhypno] Bass-Ackwards?



Hi, All;

Does anyone know if hypnosis can help wih, or cure, dyslexia?

Ron






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Token Economy for Hypnotherapy Sessions
Here's an idea I'm exploring.  What do you think?  Would it be of  interest
to you guys?

We recommed that students obtain as much experience as possible of being  the
client with as many different therapists as possible for their own personal
and professional development.  This doesn't have to be for "emotional
problems", you could seek hypnotherapy sessions for personal development 
issues,
i.e., to improve public speaking ability or enhance your skills with  your own
clients, etc.

Obviously, for new hypnotherapists, paying for individual therapy sessions
can seem expensive.  (Though, it's really an investment.)

What if you were issued with vouchers which you could use to obtain free
one-to-one hypnosis sessions from anyone who has opted in by offering their
services, listed on a website of participating therapists?  In exchange,  you
would be expected to opt into the scheme yourself so that other people could
exchange vouchers for hypnosis sessions with you as well.

That means that hypnotherapists can exchange sessions without having to pay
any money, and they don't need to get into a dual relationship because the
person returning the service will be different from the person from whom you
received the voucher.

In other words, you would be able to claim back as many sessions from  others
as you have provided yourself, and you can choose from a list of
participating therapists published online.

When you join the programme you would, let's say, receive one or two
complimentary vouchers yourself to get the ball rolling.

The idea would be a non-profit project, hopefully run by one of the major
independent therapy registers who already have a large database of  members.

Does that sound like a scheme you would want to join?  Can you see any
problems?  What would prevent you from opting into it?  How could it  be
improved?
Any other comment or suggestions?


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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Hi, All;

Does anyone know if hypnosis can help wih, or cure, dyslexia?

Ron

[Note that in the full article the researchers claim there is  evidence of a
causal connection rather than just a correlation between obesity  in friends,
etc.  It's quite a large study as well, including 12  thousand people.  Food
for thought; make of it what you will. - DR]

Obesity 'contagious', experts say

_BBC NEWS | Health |  Obesity 'contagious', experts say_
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6914397.stm)

Having a friend, sibling or spouse who is overweight raises a  person's risk
of being obese too, US researchers say.
They said data on more than 12,000 people suggested the risk was increased by
  57% if a friend was obese, by 40% if a sibling was and 37% if a spouse was.
They argued this showed social factors, such as the body sizes of other
people, were important in developing obesity.
Experts said the New England Journal of Medicine study was not conclusive as
other hidden factors could be to blame.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of California, in
San Diego, looked at data collected over 32 years as part of a heart study.
Participants gave personal information, including their body mass index, and
the names of friends who could be contacted.


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


HypnoSynthesis�
The UK College of Hypnosis &  Hypnotherapy Ltd.
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Freephone (UK) 0800  195 9809
HypnoSynthesis, Suite 127, 17 Piries Place, Horsham, RH12  1BF

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College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
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_BBC NEWS | Health |  Tobacco age law move highlighted_
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6908966.stm)


Tobacco age law move highlighted
The government is launching a campaign to highlight the  forthcoming rise in
the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in  England and Wales.
A website is going live, and this will be accompanied by a mass mailing to
100,000 retailers and online advertising aimed at teenagers.
From October 1, the minimum age will increase from 16 to 18 years in a bid to
  cut the number of young smokers.
It comes after the recent introduction of a ban on smoking in public places.
About 9% of 11 to 15-year-olds smoke, and ministers hope the forthcoming move
  will reduce this figure.


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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Hi all.

as i have posted before, here or elsewhere. Written permission is
needed/desired to work with a child. I have a parent present for some of the
first session. i say to the child, "I am not here to make you into who
anybody else wants. I am here to help you become a happier more successful
person. they usually get on better with those around them if they choose
to." I ally with them so as to not be included. I tell them and the parent,
"anything you tell me is totally confidential if you wish it to be." the
parent agrees to that, and then i have the child sign the consent form too.
(they are included and empowered, their wishes and desires count and are
respected).

in reality, they are the client, not the parent. this will always result in
a co-operative basis being established, unless the child has resolved to
remain inaccessible/unreachable to everyone, or every adult. the latter is
uncommon, teen substance abusers being the main class, and in this case
there is little that can be done. i have witnessed hospitalized teens defeat
a whole high level team on a continuous basis for weeks! clever as a barrel
load of monkeys as the saying goes.

best from the brain of the other brian, the little b.

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>To: "HypnoHypnoUK list" <hypnosis-hypnotherapy-UK@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [UKhypno] teenage stealing
>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:32:02 +0100
>
>----- Original Message -----
> > The child is unlikley to be cooperative if framed in a way...
>
>I suspect that the child is unlikely to cooperate if you don't get
>excellent
>rapport with her.
>
>I presume that it's not her choice to come to you?
>
>Paddy
>
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The workshop below has booked up very quickly, so NCH have added  another
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Cognitive-Behavioural  Hypnotherapy

Special One-Day Introductory  Workshop (London, UK)
The National Council for Hypnotherapy  (NCH) have provided this event as an
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Content:
The morning will be dedicated mainly  to discussion of the working model of
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1.       How does hypnotherapy relate to CBT?
2.       The cognitive-behavioural theory of hypnosis.
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6.       Basic concepts in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy.
7.       Therapeutic strategies in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy.
8.       The therapeutic armamentarium of cognitive-behavioural
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9.       Advanced Hypnotic Desensitisation Therapy
10.   Multi-Modal Hypnotic  Exposure Therapy
Materials:
Students will receive a short manual  covering elements of the theory and
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Target Audience:
This event open to all  hypnotherapists to attend, whether you are currently
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Cost:
This event is presented as part of  the National Council for Hypnotherapy
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New NCH Members: FREE of charge for  those eligible, contact NCH for details.
Other NCH Members: £60
Non-members: £70
Lunch is included.
Trainer:
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Registered Hypno-Psychotherapist  (UKCP/EAP)
Donald is the principal and director  of the UK College of Hypnosis &
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psychotherapy
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publication  next year.
Date & Time:
9:30-4:30pm, Saturday,  4th August, 2007 (Almost full!)
9:30-4:30pm, Saturday, 22nd  September, 2007 (Still places available.)
Venue:
August: The Grange Strathmore Hotel, Kensington,  London
Septmeber: The UK College, nr.  Clapham Junction, London.
* Terms &  Conditions
Changes to the workshop content may  be made to incorporate new material,
without notification.  Participants  must be in suitable physical and mental
health.  This event is unsuitable  for people who have a history of mental
illness.


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Training Director

Senior Clinician  Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered Psychotherapist (UKCP)
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> The child is unlikley to be cooperative if framed in a way...

I suspect that the child is unlikely to cooperate if you don't get excellent
rapport with her.

I presume that it's not her choice to come to you?

Paddy

I posted on this but got the name badly wrong. What I did was related to
Stanislaf Groff's work (not Roy Goff!).

Are rebirthing and regression very similar? I guess rebirthing is just
regressing to birth time.

Some people seemed to re-experience birth trauma but for most it
seemed to be from later ages. I'm not experienced at this but the
noises people made seemed genuine to me - not scientific evidence I
know!
After I said to a lady'Was that psycho-therpay?'
and she said 'Not as most people know it' !
They seem to have a set of keys that unlock repression. It seems
different keys work on different types of repression so they can
target it.
What's the mainstream worlds view on this stuff? I suspect it would be
denounced by many therapists - it's powerful stuff. I can't wait to
have another go - I feel I missed out on a liberating experience....
Keith.

Hi Norma and all,
On 10/07/07, Norma <nb650148327@...> wrote:
>  I'm sceptical about the whole 'going back to childhood' thing, mainly
>  because I do not like the Freudian analysis model.
It seems Freuds ideas are totally discredited now? The idea of a
trauma becoming embedded in a persons mind and messing up their
subsequent life was around long before Freud I think and is quite
valid. (The reason it 'sticks' being stress is not such a common idea
I think).
I just experienced a rebirthing thru breathing thing (Based on
Shamanism and ideas of Roy Goff I think) which had little affect on me
(my loss) but a profound one on some people around me.
It was mind blowing! In 1 hour it brought out stuff that will take
people ages to process.
Having being doing 'unpicking from the outside' type things for a
while this was the 'blast 'em in the centre'  school and it must be
valid too. We are rather complex beings after all.
The things that came out seemed to be very early trauma that the
'unpicking' type things would take ages to reach.
Intuitively I think the Freudian idea that if you knock out the source
then many things will improve is valid - talking to people after this
event confirms this - it set them off on a new avenue of
self-discovery/release. Using only talking to get to the source seems
not a good idea. The techniques used here were much more direct (and
bizarre!).
Keith.

Hello,

I have been contacted by a family member concerned about their 12 year
old daughter who has started stealing.  This does not appear to be a
compulsion, perhaps more a bad habit at the moment.  The family are
unable to get her to open up about the reasons for this and have
wondered if I can help.

The most likely reason appears to be an attempt to buy friendship with a
set of friends who are likely to be "the wrong crowd".

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of how to approach the problem.

The child is unlikley to be cooperative if framed in a way to explicitly
stop the activity, but perhaps some more general work would reveal
insights into the emotional state?  Perhaps ego strengthening etc. would
be enough to make the symptom go away?

Thoughts appreciated from all strands,

Dave.

For the first time  in our CPD history we've had an event overly subscribed!
Instead of the usual  15 - 20 attendees, so far we have 60 members wanting to
attend this  event!
This is great news  for the profession, showing just how committed NCH
members are to  CPD.
Unfortunately it  means that the venue will be too full for comfort, so we
will be running this  event again in September to cope with demand.

We still have to  confirm the venue and exact date as we will probably be
holding it at  Donald Robertsons new training centre at Clapham Junction.
But will advise for  definite ASAP.

To ease the  congestion during the August day would anyone be prepared, or
even prefer, to  attend in September instead?
Thanks in advance, it will make  a much more comfortable training experience.
Regards


Richard  Nicholls
Director Of  Development
The National Council  For Hypnotherapy
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herapists.org.uk)
0845 634  8052

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Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


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Does anyone really know much about George Estabrooks?

Having read Estabrooks' book a few years ago, I was struck by the fact that
his style of writing seemed rather journalistic ("tabloid"), although he was
seemingly a professor of psychology at Colgate university in the USA.  He
just didn't come across to me as being a particularly credible writer, but I
seem to remember seeing him referred to by more respected researchers at one
point.

Estabrooks famously claimed that by brainwashing US soldiers under hypnosis
he was able to make them act unethically, i.e., to kill people, etc., by means
  of post-hypnotic suggestions.  He claimed he led a research project into
hypnotic brainwashing conducted for the CIA.  He claimed, e.g., "The key to
creating an effective spy or assassin rests in splitting a man’s personality,
or
creating multipersonality, with the aid of hypnotism.... This is not science
fiction. ...I have done it."  Even in this short quote you can spot the
unusually sensationalist nature of his writing which seems very odd for a 
serious
academic of that period.  I seem to remember his book is rather  sparse on
research references, depending instead upon a variety of peculiar  anecdotes and
stories.

However, by chance I stumbled across a brief reference to him in Brainwash
(2007), a new book by Dominic Streatfeild.  Streatfeild reviews  brainwashing
methods supposedly used by the CIA.  He found no evidence  whatsoever for
Estabrooks' supposed CIA project but he did find out that  Estabrooks wrote lots
of
letters apparently pestering important people in the  CIA and other
organisations to sponsor his work.  Streatfeild is doubtful  about Estabrooks'
claims
and even mentions the possibility that the was merely a  "fantasist."

I'm undecided about Estabrooks' claims.  His book seems very  suspicious to
me, I find it difficult to take the content seriously because of  the glib way
he writes and the lack of any supporting evidence, but other people  seem to
think he was telling the truth and he apparently held a credible  university
post.  Streatfield's book seems to deal another blow to his  reputation, though,
suggesting that his stories about these hypnotic  brainwashing experiments
were nothing more than wishful thinking and  self-aggrandisement.


Yours  Sincerely,

Donald Robertson
College Principal & Executive  Director

Senior Clinician Hypnotherapist (NCH)
Registered  Psychotherapist (UKCP)
Member of the European Register of Psychotherapists  (ERP)
Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health  (RSPH)


HypnoSynthesis®
The UK College of Hypnosis &  Hypnotherapy Ltd.
_www.UKhypnosis.com_ (http://www.ukhypnosis.com/)
Freephone (UK) 0800  195 9809
HypnoSynthesis, Suite 127, 17 Piries Place, Horsham, RH12  1BF

HypnoSynthesis® is the registered trademark and trading name  of The UK
College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Ltd.
Registered in England  as Company No. 05499462, UK Register of Learning
Providers  No.10008042






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